Show our car N othes of travel A visit to the ilic mountain Meado meadows vm by ym casy sy and tnt stages we passed over the main bibb ay from salt lale lake to dixie a arla bedl bl y 25 8 miles tt ta nying ri arp marro ro 0 fit I 1 ng 11 re lifs rn ri a az t 7 cr e fillimore tile old capital of athe bc territory bearer beaver arid and Pa iowan these latter conat atut ing the main chats chits of the south are arc of considerable size and all bear evidences of thrift and prosperity bcd beaw acu ecu those these are arc or of lesi lc note in point of numbers ant any and all fain furnishing ishin 9 agreeable stopping places for the W weary f migrant e at Ced cedar atour conr coursie course 1 aft ahr inabin I 1 lal road to the cotton county country and c boi e off to the southwest along the san Cali fonua 1 md 1 th ored Mead s k t P pedar biar ve ne ascertained certa ined hat there were twos two loads about 6 equally q ii ally lengthy either cither of witch bould bear ils us safely to our destination viz meadow daliey licy one of these roads bore nest from cedar vi alron ion an and d int nt clope elope springs uniting NN I 1 ni t tuc C other at toe the month or of shoal cacek the 0 traverse seq the ano mountains arid and pa passing r little and big painter creek settlements p passes fas s as through mountain mounta in meadows being desirous ile sirous of visiting the of the terrible W massacre in september 1857 1837 we choso lose the 1 1 latter the meadows i is s a most charming saric acrie Bc rie or of I 1 little w 0 valleys alleys bioc located abed among the mountains their belr i ardura preen presents ts an ag agreeable contrast conti ast to tb the rocky and babien ban en nesb y which abe they y are r on all sides surrounded As we attained the summit between painter more properly pro per y panther creek and the meadow springs spring the aeno to view was wa cli charming arming Int indeed leefa P peaks L ais lais of fj owning w ning motin I iaan bains abi which ic h bad loolam down seven bears ears agone upon the horrid lioniel butchery chich there took place as imperturbably im bably as the wretches wr etcheL WIO who then and there abero it ithel their hands in the innocent blood of one It andred and eighteen eight eon belai helpless ss emigrants before us lay the he spot where the pie butchery was nas nm mated calmly calt nyi aja avam of childhood slept in in ill it in tobes robes ot of livina creeo the lovely ale the fie sun still A as just jast ping behind th hind tile western of the mountain as we reined up lip to contemplate the scene and in hile we paused pause upon the mountain height bathed in the sun 1101 lighta ta a thundershower passed over the bont loter e r e end rid of the tha lalley alley and a glorious rainbow mounted up to heaven one resti resting nr on tho the apex of tile the rude monument tit pious piously ay elected a few ams da s before above the 9 a th led bones of the hapless it while the other was lost amons affie clouds clouda that silent yet gorgeous bow emblem ol of promise and future hope seemed thus aPPO appealing alil 19 to the it angels ng eis above for i vengeance enge ance mlle the NN weep ing cloud clotta dropped gently down on the green giaves gia es the tit lory cry tear drops 01 ol heaven itself itaas a sub linic e paused stricken sti icken noth bith a e at the solemn view and breathed a prayer for the st innocents 17 passing ass it I 1 down dow ii into abe meadows 9 1 e found them tbell to be about afave niiles miles in ill length northeim nor north theil cily Y and southerly souther y by from one to i N 0 migg in breadth the taw whole valley covered cor red with springtime vei vel duie tho the california a road ell enters nei near r ill iho 0 n noi 01 abo tauni til 1 TIK M lei ei c e at ai e fo found u rid 90 eci ei cial al large spi ing oran e nj v holesome holes bolo some water euils r uns thron 9 it the canon to otha the north ma 1 rd 4 0 1 at Att the heimi lower ar end oathy of th valley is another I 1 huge aige I 1 jiing F near which llie ille or ere capped camped on the ill fated day bf tile the inas sacre ae ewt ell thy tho two perhaps half vay N ay a gentle elevation tion marks the lim of the awat basin from either cither sido side of N 11 ichii the hc N maters aters flow to 1150 th e I 1 n coith etli bi or the south the 0 one no emptying k pvc t nat ill inta the great areat salt sait take aake or sill sank k ang i ng ln in abc th arid aria t tile the other coursing on to the colorado and thence to the pacific cacir ic ocean at the about att 5 1 i 11 i filin loin I 1 tile the iFa canon lOll the party of emigrants at least souls men women and Euch beuchling ling babes tramped on oil the ath of f cp ember 1857 on tile the stil they wt were ro attacked by indians and whites vili teg and lt billil mt rai sl I 1 I 1 t 1 l 1 t I 1 hilliA A every ei cry assault for f or five faye lays days at abo cna W J by 1 1 j b tic tle acu cry V r r r L T AW 3 4 the alls men were in induced duce ld tolay bolay to lay down clown tbt and match out 0 of than i hypio t y s 1 i they hall had proceeded I 1 t amott abbea and aud P a 11 lulf if whan they chev were ag again lin set et upon by their aln ir miscreant foes a and nl ruthlessly seventeen seven teen chii children ren between jbv ages or two months aria and seven eais were pa roil and cv eventually i cc ec r by tho the ter of the bno y e ir I 1 latr a tar e thu was earth va otie one of tho the richest and most numea oua paring ever catt parsed through th utah we visited the pet of the massacre afeie A few djin das s previously capt price will co 31 ad caa 0 CV V lid hid ed aud and findan wo monument Prec erected ted by gen johnstons command in 1838 1858 had bad been torn down doin and strewn oil cd about far andrear and near the command poured p jilted two days gathered up lip the scattered boneS boneA for re interment and elected a band handsome sonic and durable monument of cobble stones on the 8 spot pot where the emigrants had bid been en campol and were fit s at tac Licked iced A 1 description ol of this monument has already been published in the and ande ue trust that no vandal hand will again be poi bitted to dis ais tm b the place of those ho sleep leep beneath the but bilt appio pilate belsit lecic 0 on the eastern stern tac lee jbf W the ciomei cio sali leicil ea ewla the n pt x ni e inscribed these words J vengeance ed is mine saith the loril lord and I 1 will I 1 ispay pay on 01 t lk d reverse erected by ba t the lite offic cis anif of go co M ad cha uhic 10 V yi may and 1864 throughout file nc sot thern ve s ebeardo bard much of the 6 complicity city of bf contain partis in this thi massacre fant out we NO 11 ll not lot ad ert crt to these reports N aluch li 1 ich have a general d nee tle the mormon gatt leis them e IN ts ho I 1 thecly point ilaine actris tol a we ive lean deac c them to their or on it can consciences trusting trusting ill that a t the script scriptural ulal allot moffo to cn 1 idil 1 blazoned blazon cd on the monumental crosa cr will find d 1 j am ample 11 e and full iorli cabin f oll hereafter her herfi I 1 I 1 efter 0 iter |